I Gardiner likes open source soooo much, he should make himself open source.

coolmax10

Raven67854

gbryant

The problem with this idea--and the idea of biometrics as authentication, too--is that once your DNA (or fingerprint or eye scan etc.) is compromised, it can't be changed or replaced. Unlike a phone number, password, or private key which can be switched out.

nqbw

Can you even GPL license something that's patent-encumbered, anyway?
EDIT: Never mind! US legal precedent states that natural genes cannot be patented. Should have googled duckduckgo'd (duckduckwent?) first.

MariusElvenwood

nqbw

On June 13, 2013, in the case of the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that human genes cannot be patented in the U.S. because DNA is a "product of nature."